Paul Freeman is a senior counsel in Crowell & Moring’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Environment & Natural Resources and Government Contracts groups. He brings two decades of diverse experience advising clients in the energy, maritime, and aerospace and defense industries on a range of issues, with a primary emphasis on matters involving enforcement defense, litigation, and risk management.
Paul routinely advises clients in response to investigations by, or inquiries from, a range of regulators, primarily the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and also including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Defense Inspector General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and state attorneys general.
Over the past several years Paul has represented a wide range of fuel suppliers, commodities traders, and other market participants in matters arising under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, including the RFS Quality Assurance Program and the ongoing representation of clients currently confronting enforcement by EPA and DOJ under the RFS regime.
Extending his risk management and investigations practice across multiple industrial sectors, Paul also counsels Fortune 50 defense contractors on compliance with aspects of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), including the mandatory disclosure rule, and he routinely conducts internal investigations involving supply chain risks, ethics, quality systems, contract compliance, and potential false claims.
Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Paul was counsel at a major global law firm.
Affiliations
Admitted to practice: New York, District of Columbia, Connecticut, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Speeches & Presentations
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"EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard Agenda for 2019," Crowell & Moring Webinar
(March 7, 2019).
Speakers: Paul Freeman, Robert Meyers, Thomas A. Lorenzen, Byron R. Brown, Elizabeth B. Dawson, and Preetha Chakrabarti.
Client Alerts & Newsletters
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"EPA Finalizes E15 Expansion, Scaled-Back RIN Market Reforms under the Renewable Fuel Standard,"
Environment & Natural Resources Law Alert
(June 3, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth B. Dawson, Paul Freeman, Robert Meyers, Thomas A. Lorenzen
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"More Storms Ahead for the Defense Sector Supply Chain? GAO to Conduct Review of Climate Change-Driven Security Risks,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(May 29, 2019).
Contacts: Paul Freeman, Robert Meyers, Adelicia R. Cliffe, Kate M. Growley, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, Peter Eyre
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"New Executive Order on IT Supply Chain Takes Aim at Huawei and Others, Poses Significant Implications for Government Contract Supply Chains,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(May 16, 2019).
Contacts: Paul Freeman, Adelicia R. Cliffe, Peter Eyre, Kate M. Growley, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, Evan D. Wolff
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"DOJ Centralizes Guidance on "The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs","
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(May 7, 2019).
Contacts: Jacinta Alves, Gail D. Zirkelbach, Nkechi Kanu, Paul Freeman, Payal Nanavati, Thomas A. Hanusik, Derek A. Hahn, Dalal Hasan, Tiffany Wynn, Lorraine M. Campos
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"Fuels Alert: EPA’s E15 and RIN Market Reform Proposed Rules out for Public Comment (Due April 29),"
Environment & Natural Resources Law Alert
(March 21, 2019).
Contacts: Robert Meyers, Thomas A. Lorenzen, Elizabeth B. Dawson, Paul Freeman
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"Government Liable for $99 Million in Breach of Contract Damages Under Indemnification Clause,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(July 24, 2018).
Contacts: Stephen J. McBrady, Jonathan M. Baker, David J. Ginsberg, Skye Mathieson, Paul Freeman, Laura J. Mitchell Baker, Charles Baek
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